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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Milk Bottle
Object Number
2017-11-57
Description
Glass milk bottle with round lip top, circular bottom, and tapered sides. Embossed lettering on front, "THIS BOTTLE/ECHO FARM/MUST BE RETURNED"; embossed lettering on back, "ONE PINT/LIQUID." Embossed lettering on bottom, "T MFG CO/7."
Provenance
Collected by Art Webster.
Comment
F. Ratchford Starr bought land in East Litchfield in 1869, and kept a herd of purebred Jerseys. Echo Farm became the first dairy enterprise in the U.S. to commercially bottle and distribute milk, shipping to New York daily from a private ice house. The dairy opened a nearby creamery and gave public tours. The farm was purchased in 1910 by H.S. Chase of Waterbury, becoming Echo Chase Farm.
Category
Date Made
c.1900
Dimensions
Overall height 7", diameter 3"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
